Key facts

UNE unit code: HIST308

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Start
  • Trimester 3 - On Campus
  • Trimester 3 - Online
Campus
  • Armidale Campus
24/7 online support
  • Yes
Intensive schools
  • Yes
Supervised exam
  • No
Credit points
  • 6

Unit information

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This unit is designed to deepen your understanding and critical analysis of the religious war between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries (1095 CE to 1453 CE) with a focus on efforts to combat Islam and liberate the Near East.

You will explore a wide range of topics, from religious practice and theology to political and military motivations. Crusades against Christian heretics also form an important chapter in this period. The unit provides the opportunity for you to develop your critical, historical and reflective thinking skills through assignment work.

Offerings

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Teaching period
Mode/location
Trimester 3On Campus, Armidale Campus
Trimester 3Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

StartFinishDurationAttendanceOfferingsNotes
21 October 202425 October 20245 daysNon-Mandatory Intensive SchoolAll offeringsBoth on campus and online students are strongly encouraged to attend the intensive school in Armidale. This will involve an entire trimesters program of lectures, tutorials and workshops. A minimum number of students will be required in order for the intensive school to proceed and those students will be notified four weeks prior to commencement. If the intensive school will not proceed, alternative arrangements for study will be made.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites
12cp ANCH or HINQ or HIST or RELS or any 24cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Restrictions
ANCH241 or ANCH341 or HIST208 or HIST408 or HIST508
Combined units

Notes

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

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Dr FudgeProfessor, Medieval History - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate a broad and coherent understanding of crusader history to analyse some of the most significant issues;
  2. apply a critical understanding of human behaviour in an historically different context;
  3. demonstrate their understanding of historical methodology;
  4. apply their ability to locate and use appropriate sources of information and analysis at an undergraduate level;
  5. present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas by writing structured prose and framing arguments in the accepted manner of the discipline; and
  6. demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own learning through their assignment work.

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

TitleMust CompleteWeightOfferingsAssessment Notes
Assessment 1Yes50%All offerings

Alternative assessment and flexible due dates in consultation with the Unit Coordinator may include, but not limited to the following: essay; take-home examination; presentation; special project; or other research-based outcome.

No. Words: 2500

Assessment 2Yes50%All offerings

Alternative assessment and flexible due dates in consultation with the Unit Coordinator may include, but not limited to the following: essay; take-home examination; presentation; special project; or other research-based outcome.

No. Words: 2500

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

The Crusades: A History

ISBN: 9781350028616

Riley-Smith, J., Bloomsbury Academic 4th ed. 2023

Text refers to: All offerings

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